Some analysts think the markets could out-compete polls in newsrooms and more, but the approaches are vastly different.

As cases mount, industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.

Title X funding appears to be shifting away from contraception. Experts say that's unlikely to change fertility rates.

Bush signed into law an outpatient pharmacy benefit, called Part D, in 2003 that the program included prescription drug ...

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In “The Return of the Oystercatcher,” Scott Weidensaul examines bird conservation successes as some populations rebound.

Finding ways to ease the suffering of beached whales has been a challenge. Whale experts may have found an answer.

The pioneering field biologist George B. Schaller was born into an era at odds with his life’s work. By the time he reached places like Brazil, India, and the Himalayas, ecological destruction was ...

The pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper.

Randy Hatton ran the hotline. His students fielded dozens of drug-related questions from pharmacists, physicians, and even the occasional vet. When the phones rang, Hatton and his team never knew what ...

Ben Hine was 4 years old when his parents split. In his recollection, he remembers that his dad left for work one day and his uncle arrived in a van to pick up Ben and his mother, along with the ...